The BBC web site has yet another interesting story available, as it always does. This time, it deals with the cavity magnetron, a device invented accidentally by John Randall and Harry Boot. That’s more a historical rather than a technical review. However, a detailed technical aspect of this issue is provided by Wikipedia.
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Space shuttle Discovery has landed safely in Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is definitely an adventurous journey from the very first second that the thrusters ignite. An article about how Discovery lands is presented in BBC. The procedure seems pretty much easy and controllable, but consider the speeds of around Mach 30 and that a small deviation from the main plan may be disastrous.
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From now on we can divide any number by zero! An interesting article can be found in New Number.
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Tonight, I came across an interesting article by The Indepedent, dedicated to an interview by Stephen Hawking. Although the topic is tough, many examples make the reading smooth. But in any case, I would rather keep my hand down…
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